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On which SE site should I ask the below question?

I have little experience in teaching young kids. Soon, I will present my research to a class of 7 to 16 year old kids. I mainly do individual-based simulations in population genetics to investigate various evolutionary processes. I also do some Approximate Bayesian Computation.

How should I go about explaining the general reason why one would do numerical modeling? I was thinking about starting with the concept of thought experiment and how we can, in our head simulate something without actually performing the action in the real world. Then, I would go toward more complicated thought experiment explaining that there is a point where our mind and intuition aren't powerful enough and we must let a computer do the thought experiment for us. I would say something like "I imagine a world, chose a set of rules that dictate this world and let the computer make the thought experiment in this world".

Can you give me some advice or even a guideline for the narrative?

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Seems a bit broad for now, but might be on-topic for Mathematics Educators if edited to include specific examples.

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You should review their Help Center and edit your question down to concrete teaching examples, and where you think your shortcomings with your teaching plan are. If anything, I would review MathEducators.SE (especially questions tagged secondary-education) for similar questions about teaching children.

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